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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

24 questions · 39 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 36 · 92.3%Very low 1 · 2.6%Low 2 · 5.1%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Pulpotomy (full or partial) vs None (single-arm success proportion)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure

Hemostasis within 6 min gave the highest success (90.4%), but the difference across hemostasis-time groups was not significant (ungraded).

13 findings from 1 review
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Full pulpotomy vs Partial pulpotomy

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Human permanent teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis due to carious pulp exposure

Full pulpotomy showed a non-significant trend toward higher success than partial pulpotomy in mature teeth with irreversible pulpitis (ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure

In partial pulpotomy, MTA had significantly higher success than calcium hydroxide (OR 2.81; ungraded).

4 findings from 1 review · compare the 2 reviews
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Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) graft vs Calcium hydroxide (CH)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Mature permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis and carious pulp exposure (treated with full pulpotomy)

Platelet-rich fibrin and calcium hydroxide showed no significant difference in success (ungraded; effect size not reported).

1 finding from 1 review